Mr. Speaker, I have to remind my colleagues from the third party and the official opposition that I believe my comments do direct the larger issue. The larger issue is that at committee our colleagues in the Bloc and in the Reform had an opportunity to propose their amendments during that process.
On balance, I have listened very carefully to the suggestions that have been made by my colleagues, and, with the greatest of respect, I believe our new process has worked very well. Also, while I understand the suggestions and amendments our colleagues proposed, I believe we listened very carefully and made some significant amendments, in fact 13 in total.
I would respectfully suggest that we decline supporting those Reform and Bloc suggestions for the reasons I outlined earlier.